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Barrenjoey Headland (Palm Beach)

Wed 16 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Barrenjoey Headland (Palm Beach)
waxing crescent · 19%
Weather: Sunny Wind: S 189° · 28 km/h Swell: 1.2 m @ 8 s S Water: 18.3 °C Pressure: 1027.6 hPa → steady
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 87 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 SW 18 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 83 out of 100 18.3 °C all day
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Activity Forecast
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 5:28 am Last light 6:11 pm
Low 4:12 am High 10:50 am Low 5:23 pm High 11:08 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 am → 6:30 am
55
2h
Good
5:30 pm → 7:00 pm
54
1h 30m
First light
5:28 am
Last light
6:11 pm
Sunrise
5:53 am
Sunset
5:46 pm
Moonrise
8:18 am
Moonset
11:00 pm
Low tide
4:12 am
High tide
10:50 am
Low tide
5:23 pm
High tide
11:08 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
190°
23 km/h
1am
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
198°
20 km/h
2am
🌧️
12°
↙︎
SW
207°
19 km/h
3am
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
219°
14 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
236°
13 km/h
5am
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
221°
18 km/h
6am
☀️
10°
↙︎
SW
221°
20 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
219°
22 km/h
8am
☀️
12°
↙︎
SW
216°
22 km/h
9am
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
204°
22 km/h
10am
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
196°
25 km/h
11am
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
193°
26 km/h
12pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
189°
28 km/h
1pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
188°
31 km/h
2pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
187°
32 km/h
3pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
192°
33 km/h
4pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
187°
33 km/h
5pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
191°
31 km/h
6pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
189°
29 km/h
7pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
189°
28 km/h
8pm
☁️
14°
↓︎
S
191°
28 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
190°
30 km/h
10pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
191°
26 km/h
11pm
☀️
13°
↓︎
S
193°
26 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.7 → 1.4 m S
12am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
2am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
3am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
4am
1.2 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
5am
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
6am
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
7am
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
8am
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
9am
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
10am
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
11am
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
1pm
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
2pm
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
3pm
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
4pm
1.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
5pm
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
6pm
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
7pm
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
8pm
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
9pm
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
10pm
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 18.3°
Sun
13 Sep
18.4°
Mon
14 Sep
18.5°
Tue
15 Sep
18.5°
Wed
16 Sep
18.3°
Thu
17 Sep
18.1°
Fri
18 Sep
18.1°
Sat
19 Sep
18.3°
Sun
20 Sep
18.5°
Mon
21 Sep
18.6°
Tue
22 Sep
18.7°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 28 km/h S (189°).

Wind map data: ECMWF HRES (operational), updated every 6 hours. Not for navigation.